The year of No Regrets.

I have been thinking a lot lately about resolutions and regrets.  I don't know if your like me, but I tend to think a lot about my resolutions but than never get around to them and instead live with regret.  This last year, one harsh lesson I learned is that you truly never know when it will be too late to do something or try something you have been meaning to try.  This year I have decided to think of 12 regrets and each month work on one regret.  I am hoping that by focusing on just one regret at a time I will be able to focus in on what I can do to resolve this regret.   Sometimes I feel like life is zooming past me faster than I can catch up.  My regrets cripple me, my guilt of not doing the things I wish I had said or had done stop me from doing the very thing I wish I could do.  Do you ever feel this way?
Now I have an awful lot of regrets but when I lost Sam I realized that most of my regrets were to do with memories and how I spend my time.  I wish I could've held him for just a minute more, I wish I would've taken more pictures of him.  These are regrets that I must learn to live with.  Grieving him and living with these regrets and many others sometimes make me feel like I can't do anything about other regrets I may have in my life.  I am making smaller goals to help me achieve a bigger goal of being a better person, of living a fuller life.  These are the regrets I have chosen to work on :

#1:I regret not writing down the silly things my children say and do, so that both I and they can look back and remember all the little things.
#2:I regret not connecting more with friends both old and new.
#3:I regret not taking enough pictures of the little things.  We always remember to take pictures when we are going to the zoo, or at a child's birthday but what about taking pictures of our children laughing or playing.  Videos or voice recordings of them talking.
#4:I regret not scrapbooking while I rememeber things about the photos.
#5:I regret not being more physically active and in control of my diet/exercise plan.
#6:I regret not connecting more with my family both here and far away.
#7:I regret not properly storing and having easier access to the videos and recordings I do have.
#8:I regret not building up and working on my relationship with my hubby.
#9:I regret not finding meaningful ways to honor and remember Sam, to deal with my grief.
#10:I regret not working harder to strengthen both my and my childrens relationship to our heavenly father.
#11:I regret not preparing my family more for emergencies both financial and natural disasters.
#12:I regret not taking more time to play with my kids.

Each month I will pick one of my regrets and think of things I can do to change and do better.  I dont expect that this year I will truly not have any regrets but I think that this can help me to have fewer of them and to find more peace and happiness within myself.




"If we fail to give our best personal self and undivided time to those who are truly important to us, one day we will regret it. Let us resolve to cherish those we love by spending meaningful time with them, doing things together, and cultivating treasured memories. - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf(Of Regrets and Resolutions, October 2012 Conference) http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/of-regrets-and-resolutions?lang=eng&query=regrets+resolutions